4 of Roger Puta's CGW Depots, 2016
Virgil Township’s story
133 years in pictures
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2016.
- 1893Virgil Township is settled
Virgil TownshipIL
A town of 1,924, settled in 1893.
5 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Bnperdue2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
1,924
2025 Census estimate · +0.9% since 2020
Median home value
$340K
Census ACS
Household income
$114K
median
Median age
43.0
years
Jobs based here
406
A commuter town
Is Virgil Township a good place to live?
Virgil Township’s best subject grades are an A− for health, schools, and incomes; its weakest is a C for cost of living. The biggest park or preserve is Virgil Forest Preserve, at 1,141 acres. Virgil Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Virgil Township stand out
Where Virgil Township beats most towns.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Virgil Township for work
Where Virgil Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
406jobs based in Virgil Township
1%of working residents work in town
21 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Virgil Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Virgil Township is from typical.
HealthNorthwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital 11.2 miles awayA−Open →SchoolsBeat 81% of Illinois districts on tests and graduationA−Open →Jobs & incomeA−Open →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 27% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listB+Open →Cost of livingTypical home $340K, 3.7 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household incomeCOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 6.5 of 20; 5% of households have no car; 3.3% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors7% conserved landB+Open →HistoryB−Open →Civic life2.3 library visits per resident; 4.2 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsB−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 169 attractions →Allstate Arena and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Virgil Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
35 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
20 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
40 mi Stadium & arenaSeatGeek Stadium
26 mi MuseumMorton Arboretum
37 mi Zoo & aquariumBrookfield ZooSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · SeatGeek Stadium: Khvmty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Brookfield Zoo: Ronincmc, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Virgil Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Virgil Township, and how to reach them.
PowerCommonwealth Edison17.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterMaple Park8 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet11 providers87% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Virgil Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsKaneland Community Unit School District 302Central Community Unit School District 3012 districts serve Virgil Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereKane County ClerkKane County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code6015160151 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Virgil Township.
HealthA−
Virgil Township ranks healthier than 82% of the country’s towns
The share of adults in Virgil Township who report frequent physical distress is 12%, below both the Illinois town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). The town beats the Illinois average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults locally, 20% binge drink.
82%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
| Virgil Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 19% |
32 measures vs. Illinois
11 better20 too close to call1 worse
| What stands out | Virgil Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.6% |
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital
11.2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Virgil Township work out of town
Commuting out is the norm in Virgil Township: 1% of working residents work locally. The typical household income locally is $114,000. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 55, to 406. The top destinations are Chicago (7%), Geneva (5%) and St. Charles (4%).
1%work in town
| Virgil Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Virgil Township1%
Chicago7%
Geneva5%
St. Charles4%
Aurora4%
21 mi
median commute distance
406
jobs based in Virgil Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+
Virgil Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Virgil Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2000. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Virgil Township break down as 56% from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves.
27risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
In Virgil Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Virgil Township brings cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 14°; snowfall runs to about 39 inches a winter.
39″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter17–33°
Spring37–59°
Summer60–82°
Fall41–61°
Oct 18
typical first frost
Apr 24
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsB+
In Virgil Township, 6.9% of the land is conserved
Trails run 6.0 miles in 3 parks and preserves. In Virgil Township, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Illinois’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
6.9%conserved
| Virgil Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
6.9%
conserved · 1,533 of 22,283 acres
6.0 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Virgil Forest Preserve | — | 1,141 |
| 2. Elburn Forest Preserve | 0.1 mi | 53 |
| 3. McAdams Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Who lives here
Virgil Township looks like Illinois by age
Nearly a third of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois. No age group stands out against Illinois: all are within 4 points. Virgil Township’s median age stands at 43 years.
43median age · IL 39
| Virgil Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Virgil TownshipIllinoisUnited States
Ages · share of residents
18%
Education · adults 25 and older
No diploma4%
High school29%
Some college20%
Associate’s15%
Bachelor’s19%
Graduate13%
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 36% and 63% women
The Census survey reached too few of Virgil Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.5 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Virgil Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.1% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Virgil Township
18pages on Virgil Township
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Virgil Township
Waubonsee Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sugar Grove10.7 mi$3,504 in-state tuitionNorthern Illinois UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Dekalb11.3 mi$13,248 in-state tuitionElgin Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Elgin12.9 mi$3,252 in-state tuition
About 4 of every 100 Virgil Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Virgil Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Virgil is a village in Virgil Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated on November 6, 1990. The population was 289 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1990
- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 866 ft
Virgil Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Virgil Township.
Campton TownshipKaneville TownshipCortland TownshipLily LakeBurlington TownshipVirgil Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Township | — | — | C | — | A− | A− |
| Campton Township | #137 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Kaneville Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Cortland Township | #460 | B− | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Lily Lake | — | — | C+ | — | A | A |
| Burlington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | A |
Virgil Township, Kaneville Township, Lily Lake and Burlington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Virgil Township, Campton Township, Kaneville Township, Cortland Township, Lily Lake and Burlington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Virgil Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Virgil Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Virgil Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.